anyone try this rear tire

[venom]

yokohama advan A048 trac + competition...sales at tirerack for 234$
has anyone tried it yet

 

[NancysToy]

This is a competition tire which is also not good for wet weather or cold temps. I see no good reason to fit one to a Spyder. It could be unsafe for street riding, and with nanny aboard the extra dry weather (track) grip would be useless. JMHO

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

SUPER DUPER TIRE

IS THAT EVEN " DOT " CERTIFIED, EVEN IF,. I THINK SCOTTY IS RIGHT ...IMHO ALSO....MIKE...:yikes:..:thumbup:

 

[BajaRon]

IS THAT EVEN " DOT " CERTIFIED, EVEN IF,. I THINK SCOTTY IS RIGHT ...IMHO ALSO....MIKE...:yikes:..:thumbup:

I agree with Scotty as well. You're going to get a big surprise running this tire and you may not survive it. I might run this tire if all I was doing was drag racing my Spyder.

 

[BlueKnight]

Anybody planning on making RUN FLATS for the Spyder ?

 

[docdoru]

yokohama advan A048 trac + competition...sales at tirerack for 234$
has anyone tried it yet

I see you have aftermarket front tires too. Give it a try, do not expect tire-life more than 4-5K miles. Dry road only. :doorag:

I might run this tire if all I was doing was drag racing my Spyder.

This is NOT forbidden in the Spyder warranty....:thumbup:

 

[BajaRon]

I see you have aftermarket front tires too. Give it a try, do not expect tire-life more than 4-5K miles. Dry road only. :doorag:

Dry, Clean and Warm roads ONLY! Good Luck!

This is NOT forbidden in the Spyder warranty....:thumbup:

What is not forbidden, running this racing tire, Drag Racing your Spyder.... Or Both?

 

[Bob Denman]

"Dry, Clean and warm roads only"???? Where the heck is the fun in THAT?!? :shocked: :roflblack:

 

[BajaRon]

"Dry, Clean and warm roads only"???? Where the heck is the fun in THAT?!? :shocked: :roflblack:

The fun comes when the roadway does not meet one or more of these criteria! :yikes:

Any tire is a compromise (any product is a compromise for that matter). This tire being discussed is a single purpose product. It sacrifices performance in every aspect except one to gain optimum performance in that one area, which is dry, clean, warm pavement.

Most tires sacrifice some performance on dry, clean, warm pavement to get better performance in other conditions. The stock Spyder rear tire sacrifices some performance on dry, clean and warm pavment to get a lot more traction in wet conditions. That's because the easiest place to get traction is on dry, clean, warm pavement. So you can sacrifice some there and still have plenty of traction.

The Spyder is most vunerable in the rear on wet pavement. BRP knows their product and they engineered the rear tire accordingly.

So, it is not only reasonable but prudent to make wet roadway performance a primary goal with the Spyder rear tire. Unless you can guarantee that you'll never encounter this condition, I highly recommend you follow BRP's lead on rear tire attribute choices. Which means a directional tread designed to shed water and rubber compounds that work well in wet and colder conditions. You can easily live with the small loss of dry pavement performance.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

ULTIMATE TRACTION TIRE ????

ROCK IT ...RON....MIKE...:thumbup:

 

[venom]

thank's for the info.... i just loved the sport bike tire look, but you guy's are right
im not ryding a two weeler....
to bad thow i liked the look

 

[BajaRon]

thank's for the info.... i just loved the sport bike tire look, but you guy's are right
im not ryding a two weeler....
to bad thow i liked the look

It is a great looking tire. But there are other pretty mean looking tires that will be better for what you want to do with them.

 

[venom]

I see you have aftermarket front tires too. Give it a try, do not expect tire-life more than 4-5K miles. Dry road only. :doorag:


This is NOT forbidden in the Spyder warranty....:thumbup:

thanks doc ....the tire is DOT approved...My question is? if you can ryde a sports bike with this type of tread on two wheels !!!! why would it be dangerous on 3 wheels. The specs from yoko remaks that can be dangerous on hydroplanning in thick water only 9/32 grooves

 

[BajaRon]

thanks doc ....the tire is DOT approved...My question is? if you can ryde a sports bike with this type of tread on two wheels !!!! why would it be dangerous on 3 wheels. The specs from yoko remaks that can be dangerous on hydroplanning in thick water only 9/32 grooves

The Spyder is somewhat susceptible to hydroplaning even with a good water shedding tire because there isn't much weight back there and you have a huge footprint. On a motorcycle you have a very small footprint with more pounds per sq in of contact area helping the tire to maintain traction. It's just a matter of physics.

 

[venom]

It is a great looking tire. But there are other pretty mean looking tires that will be better for what you want to do with them.

right !!! checking out Dunlop 9000, bf goodrich g-force, yoko proxes,
kumbo ecsta

 

[venom]

The Spyder is somewhat susceptible to hydroplaning even with a good water shedding tire because there isn't much weight back there and you have a huge footprint. On a motorcycle you have a very small footprint with more pounds per sq in of contact area helping the tire to maintain traction. It's just a matter of physics.

Good point...back to the chalk board, scrath off A048...

 

[Schnauzer]

right !!! checking out Dunlop 9000, bf goodrich g-force, yoko proxes,
kumbo ecsta

Just put on a Kumho t'day. Curious now about air pressure. The oem tire is rated at 30#...Kuhmo is 51#. Not enough wieght on the rear to keep the flat profile for even wear. Going to reduce to 75% of optimum 38# and watch the road wear..The tire has 2 nice grooves that should repell water nicely..

 

[MikeinGA]

IS THAT EVEN " DOT " CERTIFIED, EVEN IF,. I THINK SCOTTY IS RIGHT ...IMHO ALSO....MIKE...:yikes:..:thumbup:

:agree: with the guys above. It's not the right tire. But you have the freedom to use that tire if you want to. Just start out slow and find the edge.

Mike